Americans and I want a vehicle they can get in and drive anywhere anytime without having to worry about finding a particular type of fuel or how long they have to wait to recharge. They would prefer the fuel to be pollution free and domestically produced so money doesn't make third world dictatorship and shiekdoms more influential than they should be. They want the same flexability and mobility they enjoy now which means I can drive at any hour of the day from Chicago to Las Vegas spend a few days then go on to San Francisco spend a few days and drive home without worrying about a place to plug in or where do I find ethanol, or where do I find bio-diesel etc. The so called "solutions" offered up so far i.e. ethanol ... compressed nat gas ... hybrids ... plug-ins ... clean diesel etc.  are only means to stretch oil not replace it leaving America to suckle at the oil teat for decades. 

The only fuel that meets these criteria is hydrogen. With fuel cell vehicles already on the road and improving in both performance and cost almost daily the problem is not a vehicle problem but rather simply the availability of fuel. Even an internal combustion engine can be retrofit to run on hydrogen at a competitive price. Recent discoveries at several American Universities suggest that a cost effective means of producing hydrogen from water (without steam reformation of fossil fuels) is easily within reach. Both a room temperature inexpensive catalyst based on cobalt and nitrogen fixing bacteria are being explored as well as several other methods. The hydrogen economy can be in place within a decade. The nation that developed, tested, and deployed an atom bomb in under three years can do this IF WE WANT TO. All that is lacking is enlightened leadership. Sometimes I think America would rather be at war and addicted to imported energy rather than embrace the future.